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SMEX: Protect Your WhatsApp from Recent Glitch

Are you getting strange WhatsApp notifications? If you’ve been asked to verify your identity or received unexpected registration codes, you’re not alone. This issue is a known glitch affecting users across various countries, and both SMEX’s Digital Safety Helpdesk and WhatsApp’s Help Center have confirmed the bug. However, hackers might exploit this confusion to compromise […]

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Security Vulnerability in WhatsApp Exposes Users to Government Surveillance

A security vulnerability in WhatsApp has been identified, potentially exposing user communications to government surveillance. While this flaw does not compromise the content of messages, it reveals the identities of individuals exchanging messages and possibly their membership in private groups. Awareness and Impact The WhatsApp security team is aware of this vulnerability and the risks […]

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A new privacy feature from WhatsApp

Meta has released a new update to the WhatsApp application, which includes a new security and privacy feature that hides users’ IP address while making calls. An IP address is a unique address assigned to each device connected to the Internet. It is used to identify and distinguish devices in the network and route data […]

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WhatsApp released “Chat Lock” for privacy

WhatsApp has released the “Chat Lock” feature to keep messages private and confidential with an additional layer of protection. “Locking a chat takes that thread out of the inbox and puts it behind its own folder that can only be accessed with your device password or biometric, like a fingerprint. It also automatically hides the […]

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Signal and WhatsApp threaten to leave the UK

Signal confirmed that it would defend “encryption” even if it had to move out of the UK, in light of attempts to legislate the Online Safety Bill. WhatsApp President Will Cathcart also stated that the messaging application would leave the UK if it had to weaken its encryption standards under the bill. The bill has […]

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WhatsApp releases a security update

WhatsApp released a major update to iPhone and Android phones to treat two security flaws that allow the attacker to hack the victim’s phone and implant malware through video calls, or by sending a video to the victim’s phone. The flaws was given the CVE identifier CVE-2022-36934 with score 9.8 out of 10, which means […]

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